Who We Are:

Since 1906, New Balance has empowered people through sport and craftsmanship to create positive change in communities around the world. We innovate fearlessly, guided by our core values and driven by the belief that conventions were meant to be challenged. We foster a culture in which every associate feels welcomed and respected, where leaders and creatives are inspired to shape the world of tomorrow by taking bold action today.

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Integration Lead / Senior Developer to design, implement, and maintain enterprise-grade integration solutions across APIs, data transformation layers, and cloud platforms. The role involves leading architecture initiatives, ensuring operational stability, driving best practices, and mentoring technical teams to deliver scalable, reliable, and secure integrations. MAJOR ACCOUNTABILITIES

·       Design, architect, and lead enterprise integration solutions that meet business and technical requirements.

·       Develop, optimize, and maintain APIs (REST/SOAP) and data transformations using XSLT, XML, and JSON.

·       Build and manage serverless and event-driven architectures, including Azure Function Apps.

·       Own production support, incident resolution, and perform root cause analysis (RCA) for integration issues.

·       Define and enforce integration standards, best practices, and architectural guidelines.

·       Ensure scalability, performance, reliability, and security of integration solutions.

·       Mentor junior developers and provide technical leadership for integration projects.

·       Collaborate closely with business, infrastructure, security, and partner teams.

·       Manage and respond to production-related partner inquiries, ensuring timely and professional communication.

·       Monitor, triage, and resolve mailbox tickets and internal support queries.

·       Assign issues to appropriate teams and track resolution progress, providing status updates to stakeholders.

·       Manage changes in existing integrations and oversee new partner onboarding processes.

·       Enable integrations via EDI, APIs, and webhooks; conduct partner technical meetings as required.

REQUIREMENTS FOR SUCCESS

• Proven expertise in enterprise integration design, development, and operational support.
• Advanced proficiency in XSLT, XML, JSON, and other data transformation techniques.
• Strong experience with REST and SOAP APIs and integration patterns.
• Hands-on experience with Azure Functions or equivalent serverless platforms.
• Deep understanding of cloud-based integration architectures and event-driven systems.
• Experience in production support, incident management, and RCA.
• Strong SQL and data processing skills.
• Knowledge of API security protocols (OAuth, JWT, etc.).
• Excellent debugging, problem-solving, and architectural design capabilities.

Technical Stack (Plus)

• C# / .NET Core
• Azure Functions / App Services
• Azure API Management
• Azure Cosmos DB / Azure Storage
• SQL Server / T-SQL
• Azure Service Bus
• CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps / GitHub Actions)
• Monitoring and Observability (Application Insights, other tools)

Preferred Qualifications

• 5–10+ years of experience in integration, API development, or data engineering.
• Experience leading technical teams and managing production support operations.
• Strong communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines for integration deployments.

Flexible Work Schedule

For decades we have fostered a unique culture founded on our values with a particular focus on in-person teamwork and collaboration. Our hybrid model encourages rich in-person experiences, showcasing our commitment to teamwork and connection, while providing high levels of flexibility to associates. North American office-based associates are expected to come into the office on Wednesdays, with other occasional in-office days for in-person meetings and events as needed. Our offices are fully open and amenities are available across our North American office locations.

Equal Opportunity Employer

New Balance provides equal opportunities for all current and prospective associates and takes affirmative action to ensure that employment, training, compensation, transfer, promotion and other terms, conditions and privileges of employment are provided without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, handicap, genetic information and/or status as an Armed Forces service medal veteran, recently separated veteran, qualified disabled veteran or other protected veteran.